Comments on: Lip Gloss

By: Andee

Andee — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:25:41 +0000

You should increase the viscosity by using more viscous oils (castor) or increasing your wax content. To get an exact assessment, I would send your formulation directly to the Technical Support Staff. Include everything you have here, plus your exact recipe. They will review the recipe and send back some testing suggestions. You can take their advice and make a few test batches. If you are closer, but not quite where you want to be, email them back with the original, their suggestions and what you desire to improve. They will repeat this process with you until you get what you want. Do not expect that they will remember your
name or your formulation. Once they help, your message gets deleted. So always include any correspondence you have had with them on the project. It makes assisting light years faster.

techsup@thesage.com Or you can get to the web for a direct submission at http://www.thesage.com/about/contact.html

By: Diamondsbathnbody

Diamondsbathnbody — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:42:41 +0000

Hello Andee,

I’m a huge fan of MMS. I have been shopping with you guys for years and never knew about the blog. It’s such a joy to have found it. All of the archives are very educational.
Ok on to my question:

How can I make my lip “bling” gloss thicker liquid wise? ( Do I add more wax.)

The reason being is beacuse my continers consist of a tube with a wand. Therefore a thick clear liquid is what I’m going for. My customers love it but I perfer to perfect it.

Thanks,
diamondsbathnbody

By: Andee

Andee — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:36:40 +0000

Jaime,
That is correct. Castor gives us the shine and sticking abilities that we all look for in our lip gloss.

By: Jaime

Jaime — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:44:06 +0000

Hi Andee,

I was surfing around on your site & stubbled across the blog. So cool. I was able to figure out my question, the one about what oil to use to get a little shine. I believe it is Castor Oil.

Thanks again so much for all your wonderful help.

Jaime

By: Tarn

Tarn — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:16:14 +0000

Hello, this is my first time visiting this blog after having purchased two separate orders through your website. On the first order I received a complementary sugar scrub and on my second order, I received a free sample of this lip gloss! I just wanted to let you know that it’s absolutely wonderful! I love the amount of honey flavor added (not too much and not too little), and the consistency is very nice. I generally can’t stand a “sticky” gloss, and this is far from sticky. It’s much more liquid than I’m used to, but I think that’s beneficial. I tend to get very dry lips, and this gloss moisturizes immediately. I think the mica adds a tiny bit of texture, but overall the balm is still smooth. The only drawback to a gloss this “liquidy” is that it does need to be reapplied more often than a more “waxy” one. Thanks for the sample, and thanks so much for these blog experiments! I love all the ideas!

By: Andee

Andee — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:22:30 +0000

denise-
The one recipe required the 17 grams because there were two oils in that recipe. I tested this recipe and it took 17 grams of Carnauba Wax for the Lip Gloss to not be fluid in the lip brush. It was so fluid at first that the Lip Gloss leaked out of the brush!

Hope this helps!

By: denise

denise — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:22:29 +0000

oN THE LIP GLOSS rECIPES you have one calls for 1 gr of wax(Carnuba) for 100 grams of oil and another calls for 17 grams of wax (carnuba) for 78 gr oil. why such a big disparity? from 1 gr to 17 grams???

By: Andee

Andee — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:41:19 +0000

Beauricua-
The plate test can also be used for lip gloss. I like to use this test for seeing if I have enough color. My best recommendation is to add a small amount of color and test. Keep testing until you have reached the color that you want.

By: Beauricua

Beauricua — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:14:21 +0000

Hey Andy,
I like a little more color on my lips, a bit darker than a lip balm. If I wanted my lip gloss color to be more pigmented, what would be the coloring ratio
using the Oil Soluble Lip Balm Color for a batch amount same as the Honey Flavor Kissable Lips? Thanks.

By: Andee

Andee — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:44:21 +0000

Yes, you still need the wax. Shea butter is a good addition to lip gloss. Making good lip gloss is like making good brownies.

Basics:

Brownies: Flour, sugar, chocolate, eggs
Lip Gloss: Wax and a liquid oil with some Castor Oil for sheen

Additives:

Brownies: Chocolate chips
Lip Gloss: Shea Butter

Flavor:

Brownies: Vanilla Extract, Peppermint Extract, Almond Extract
Lip Gloss: Flavor or Essential Oil of your choice

Visual Display:

Brownies: Frosting
Lip Gloss: Color, Mica

This is a way of comparing what is needed for a lip gloss and what is not. I hope this helps!
Andee